Barb Heath

130 Keir Rd. Box 36
Huntington, VT 05462

(802) 238-7553

babsly123@icloud.com

Barb recently retired from a successful 24 year teaching career at Mater Christi School in Burlington, VT.  She taught grades 4-8 and 9-12, concert band, jazz, sax, flute and brass ensemble, rock band, marching band, winter guard, as well as drumlines at both MCS and Rice High School.

Barb is a graduate from UVM, and has Bachelor’s degrees in both Math 4-12 Education, and Music k-12 Education.  Drumline training from Fred Urpez; Montreal Drumline expert and consultant from 1999-2006.

All ages and levels welcome.  Group lessons; Small ensembles; Drumline; or Rock band groups may be considered.  Both in person, off site, and virtual lessons offered.  Preparation for saxophone and trumpet District and All State festival auditions.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tim Foley

32 Lafountain St.
Burlington, VT 05401

(802) 343-1459

tafoley@comcast.net

I earned a BA in Music Education from Johnson State College, served 20 years in U.S. Navy Bands in the U.S. and overseas performing on all brass instruments at one time or another.  Since retiring from the Navy I have performed as a freelance musician on trombone, bass trombone and tuba.  I am a founding member of the MetalWerx  Tuba/Euphonium Quartet, member of the Heritage Brass Quintet, Joe’s Big Band and regularly sub with the Vermont Jazz Ensemble and other quintets, orchestras and bands.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jane Lambert

54 Laurel Drive
Essex Junction, VT 05452

802-343-3725

jbouff3@gmail.com

I taught instrumental and vocal music to grades 4-12 for 35 years in the VT Public Schools system.  I received my B.M. from Crane School of Music and my Masters from University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana.  I continue to teach privately at home and in Stowe.  I teach beginner to advanced piano and flute- beginner to intermediate for the other horns.  I have played piano, flute, clarinet, and saxophone professionally for decades in various performances and in orchestral pits for many local theater companies.  Classically trained but comfortable with other genres.

Lydia Lowery Busler

15 Pleasantview Street
Montpelier, VT 05602
www.lydialowerybusler.com, www.tradewindsimprov.com
Improvisant@Gmail.com
(802) 249-8084

Intermediate/Advanced

Hornist/ joyful performance coach LYDIA LOWERY BUSLER began her career performing at age 16 with the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Lydia has performed with the New York City Ballet, Brooklyn Philharmonic, and has been Principal Horn of the José Limón Dance Company and the Manhattan Chamber Orchestra as well as holding the position of Solo Horn with the Rome Festival Opera. Ms. Busler is Director of Brass at Revels North, and as soloist, improvisationalist and co-founder of the Tradewinds Improv Ensemble, and commissioned composer (ASCAP), she provides workshops and masterclasses coast-to-coast. Lydia is a Siegfried’s Call Artist and member of the Los Angeles Chapter of Mu Phi Epsilon awarded to the ACME Hall of Fame of esteemed artists, composers, musicologists, and educators in 2014.

Stuart Carter

105 Walnut Street
Burlington, VT 05401-2818
802.660.8524
octavemode@gmail.com

https://www.octavemode.me

B.M. Ohio Wesleyan University 1975

M.M. Eastman School of Music 1982

Private teaching since 1976, started in Vermont in 1996

Research interest Psychology of Music: how to help a student understand how to learn, enjoy, and sustain making music for a lifetime.  Brass students of Stuart’s usually enjoy principal chairs and/or participation in school ensembles, district, All State, All New England Festivals and the VYO.  5 Star recommendations from students available.